Michael and Us: Arrested Development
CLERKS III (2022), a harrowing vision of Gen X culture.
August 22, 2023
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August 22, 2023
Michael and Us: Arrested Development
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<p>We've been talking about a lot of soulless, big-budget IP movies that represent a rot in our culture... so how about a how about a hand-crafted, achingly personal movie that exists as a wart on the back of that rot? We discuss Kevin Smith's CLERKS III (2022), a harrowing vision of Gen X culture trapped in amber.</p><br /><p>"Awkward Americans see themselves in Ron DeSantis" by Ben Terris - <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/08/17/ron-desantis-awkward/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/08/17/ron-desantis-awkward/</a></p><br /><p>"Talk is Cheap" by Nick Pinkerton - <a href="https://nickpinkerton.substack.com/p/talk-is-cheap" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://nickpinkerton.substack.com/p/talk-is-cheap</a></p><br /><p><em>Michael and Us</em> is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.</p>
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